The Zweig Breadth Thrust buy signal in early November sparked a price surge and a price momentum chase. Already, the S&P 500 made a late-day charge above 4600 for a new recovery high. The price momentum factor is defined as stocks that beat the market continue to beat the market. The red line in...
Mid-week market update: Another day, another sideways consolidation price action in the S&P 500, which is typical of seasonal pattern in the first half of December. Beneath the surface, I am seeing numerous signs that the market is still poised for the year-end rally. Supportive sentiment First of all, sentiment models...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Gold bulls became very excited when gold prices tested overhead resistance at the 2000–2100 level. In the past, such tests had been met with selling pressure, but technical analysts would interpret a definitive breakout at these levels as opening the door to significant upside. Moreover, the bottom panel of the accompanying chart shows that...
Mid-week market update: I recently pointed out that the S&P 500 was becoming overbought and poised for a consolidation or pullback. The 14-day RSI had reached the overbought zone and the percentage of S&P 500 stocks above their 20 dma exceeded 90%. The market tried to rally today, but failed. Is this the correction? ...
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